11 Pattern Blocks Preschool Trays!

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Rainy weather forced me to postpone one of my planned spring sports preschool themes, so I needed something new. Trying to build (haha) on his love of blocks and building right now, I thought I’d try to tie a theme around pattern blocks! (That link goes to my favorite set of wooden ones — most like the ones I loved while I was in school!)

I placed 10 or less of each kind of block in the container for this process.

Pattern Strips

Naturally we wanted to do something with patterns this week, and you know how much I love functional printables in black and white. These pattern block strips (I used the black and white ones) are great, and show what kind of pattern each one is.

I wanted some sort of template where a few blocks were easy, but they would need to be filled in otherwise. This Thanksgiving turkey pattern block mat fit the bill perfectly!

Please note that this version is from the bottom of the page as one of the “challenge” activities. I liked how some of the pieces to place were clear to help get him started, but would promote him to think through the more abstract part.

I decided to give the reigns to him, in a sense. I put a pile of blocks in a container, and let him kind of decide how many blocks he wanted to use to make a design. Then, we’d help him use the recording sheet to keep track of what he did.

There are so many great pattern blocks printables and resources out there! Here are a few more that we didn’t use this time around:

And, the ultimate source for pattern blocks templates is absolutely Jessica’s Corner of Cyberspace — I have linked there four times already! Wonderful and amazingly generous stuff.

This was a really fun theme! I so distinctly remembering being done with schoolwork in first and second grade, then sitting in the back of the room and playing with these wonderful wooden blocks! I’m glad that we have been able to have fun playing and learning with them, too.

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